Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Books
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Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Books
Great book on early river life on the Mississippi---if you like this book you will also want to read the following books on early life on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers:1. The Conquest of the Missouri, being the Story of the Life and Exploits of Captain Grant Marsh (1909)
2. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, Volumes 1 & 2 (1903)
3. Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811
4. Life in the Rocky Mountains:: A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado from February, 1830, to November, 1835 (1843)
5. Lewis & Clark's Route Retraveled, The Upper Missouri in 1858 (1905)
6. The Journal of a Fur-Trading Expedition on the Upper Missouri 1812-1813
7. Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri (1898)
8.The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters (1871)
9. Adventures on the Upper Missouri, from Conversations with Trappers, Old Traders, Guides, and Interpreters (1876)
10. Mike Fink, the Last of the Boatmen, and Sketches of Trappers among the Rocky Mountains (1830)
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Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Books Reviews
It’s difficult, overall, to find fault with Mark Twain writing all though I suppose some do and reviled by some of the remarks here but then I always say to each is own. For me Twain is one of the best top 10 authors America has produced and with some of his work I would have to say that he is the best...but hey, to each his own.
This edition most certainly has included all of his major novels but of course not his short stories and articles. This is a good thing for me because I know have access to many of the book I have read over and over again. I started reading Twain when I was around 5 years old...well, actually I did not read them my self but rather my mother did, but by the time I graduated from H.S. I had read all these and 70 years later I am still reading them and each time I read them I pick up a bit more.
While I have all the novels here in my library It is nice to have these wonderful work while traveling. Both my wife and I have one suite case each for our books and this little kindle most certainly cuts down of the baggage during a long trip.
I purchased this version January 2017 and other than a few editorial error I really had no problem with it. I like the fact that it is indexed and you can go right to the work you want.
Read this book on a rainy weekend, mostly because nothing else to do, and i didn't expect much. I was pleasantly surprised.
Excellent. Well researched. Growing up in the west in a railroad town, my knowledge of the River and the boats was limited. I didn't realize the early movement from the east coast was centered North and South along the Mississippi and not straight west as most are led to believe.
The author makes the early days come alive.
I've long been an admirer of Mark Twain. Few writers reveal as much of themselves in their work as does Samuel Clemens (Twain). For me, he embodies the American spirit and character in a way that few others do; and "Life on the Mississippi" is Twain at the top of his game. He's a genius at dialogue, recognizes and enjoys the pretensions of people; and will not tolerate hypocrisy. His story-telling technique is wonderful, and he can be very funny. Having said that, Twain's writing can also be uneven, and sometimes a passage of utter beauty can be followed by drivel. That's Twain.
I've read that when "Life on the Mississippi" was submitted for publication, Twain's editors thought it was too short, so sent the writer on a trip down the River to reflect on the changes since he had lived there. Twain is Twain, so reading that part of the book is not unpleasant, but it is really just a travel piece that does not begin to rise to the levels of his earlier reflections. Even so, Twain seemed to be aware that he was writing the story of a time and place that was rapidly disappearing; and in that I think he was correct. "Life on the Mississippi" stands as a valuable snapshot of a time, place, and writer that are no more.
I felt very lucky to get this book free from and I have enjoyed every bit of it. I read some of the novels that I grew up with and got a treat to read some that I had never heard of and they are all wonderful. If you are easily offended by old southern racial references then maybe some of his work is not for you but I felt that he did not look down on African Americans because he put the runaway slave Jim on equal footing with Tom and Huck and he wrote from his time in history and it was the norm, the way people of different races interacted at that time. Mark Twain's novels are full of humor and irony, and some very deep insight into the workings of the human spirit and mind. I highly recommend his work to anyone who wishes to enjoy novels from such a changing time and who can appreciate the differences in people but when it all came down to it everybody was the same in the end, according to Mark Twain.
Great book on early river life on the Mississippi---if you like this book you will also want to read the following books on early life on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
1. The Conquest of the Missouri, being the Story of the Life and Exploits of Captain Grant Marsh (1909)
2. History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, Volumes 1 & 2 (1903)
3. Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811
4. Life in the Rocky Mountains A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado from February, 1830, to November, 1835 (1843)
5. Lewis & Clark's Route Retraveled, The Upper Missouri in 1858 (1905)
6. The Journal of a Fur-Trading Expedition on the Upper Missouri 1812-1813
7. Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri (1898)
8.The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters (1871)
9. Adventures on the Upper Missouri, from Conversations with Trappers, Old Traders, Guides, and Interpreters (1876)
10. Mike Fink, the Last of the Boatmen, and Sketches of Trappers among the Rocky Mountains (1830)
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